In The News: August 14, 2025
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FACULTY U.S. & INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE
China-U.S. Policy Signaling and Perceptions. Senior Lecturer and FPI Director Carla Freeman interviewed by the Diplomat, 8/13
What to Expect from the Alaska Summit. Adjunct Lecturer and FPI Senior Fellow Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by The Times Radio, 8/13
How the U.S. Could Lose the AI Arms Race to China. Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 8/12
War Is Hard Enough. It’s Harder When You Don’t Know Who Is in Charge. Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs Vali Nasr quoted in The New York Times, 8/11
The Next Israel-Iran War Is Coming. Associate Professor and Co-Director of Rethinking Iran Narges Bajoghli quoted in DNYUZ, 8/11
Alaskan valinta on näpäytys Euroopalle. (Finnish) Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at SAIS Europe Sergey Radchenko quoted in Verkkouutiset, 8/9
Why India Can’t Afford to Jettison Its Relationship with Russia. Sergey Radchenko quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 8/9
Higher Stakes for Trump Than Putin at Alaska Summit. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by Reuters, 8/9
“Putin vuole smilitarizzare Kiev. L’Europa non pesa più sui negoziati”. (Italian) Sergey Radchenko interviewed by La Stampa, 8/8
The Alaska Summit. Adjunct Lecturer and Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by LBC, 8/8
This Isn't How You Deal with Free Riders. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 8/7
What the U.S.-EU. Trade Deal Means for You. Dean Acheson Associate Professor Matthias Matthijs interviewed by WBUR, 8/7
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity. Professor Emeritus Eliot Cohen wrote in The Atlantic, 8/6
Trump Puts Pressure on Putin Moving Nuclear Submarines Closer to Russia. Sergey Radchenko interviewed by NPR, 8/5
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Becoming a Bubble. Professor of Practice Mara Karlin quoted in The Atlantic, 8/4
President Trump Moves Nuclear Submarines Closer to Russia. Jeffrey Pryce interviewed by LBC, 8/4
Multipolar Africa: As the US Steps Back, A New World Arrives. Professor Emerita and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative Deborah Brautigam quoted in Eurasia Review, 8/1
Trump’s Trade Accord Meets Europe’s Nuclear Rebound. Lecturer Anna Broughel wrote in Forbes, 7/31
80 Years with the Bomb: The Nuclear Age in Four Moments. Sergey Radchenko quoted in Stimson Center, 7/31
Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran. Vali Nasr interviewed by Frontline PBS, 7/30
Going Soft on China Could Be a Hard Lesson. Hal Brands wrote in Bloomberg, 7/30
Cooperazione, Zamagni: “Accrescendone il tasso nell’economia saremo capaci di avere un futuro”. (Italian) Senior Adjunct Professor and Vice Director for Italian Affairs at SAIS Europe Stefano Zamagni quoted in La Repubblica, 7/30
Israeli Military Begins 'Tactical Pause' in Parts of Gaza. Senior Fellow of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies Laura Blumenfeld interviewed by BBC News, 7/28
STUDENT, FELLOW & ALUMNI COVERAGE
Gutting U.S. Government Humanitarianism Makes the Defense Department’s Job Harder. SAIS PhD student '27 Michael Loftus wrote in War On The Rocks, 8/11
How the U.S. and China Are Fighting for Africa's Vital Resources. FPI Senior Fellow Afshin Molavi quoted in Newsweek, 8/6
Collective Prosperity Through Stronger Alliances. SAIS MAIR alumnus '25 Stavros Piperidis interviewed by American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, 8/1
Harvesting the Waves: Environmental Peacebuilding in the South China Sea. FPI Senior Fellow James Borton interviewed by Asia Unscripted Podcast, 7/30
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